Discurso de Encerramento - 2º Dia

About

Romão de Sousa Foundation, in collaboration with the New University of Lisbon (Institute of Philosophy) and Évora University, is delighted to present the second International Mental Health Congress of Romão de Sousa Foundation on the 21st and 22nd of October and three associated events, taking place in Estremoz and Évora (Alentejo, Central East Portugal) between the 17th and 25th of October 2016.

In the 19th century, the Western World went through dramatic changes in the understanding of mental health and in provision of services. William Tuke (1732 - 1822) in the UK and Philippe Pinel (1745 - ­1826) in France were in the forefront of a humanizing movement known as “moral treatment”.

This humanization of services lost ground through the 19th and 20th centuries, giving rise to the maintenance and spreading of large mental health institutions where people suffering mental distress were severely separated/segregated from external reality and not given the rights of “normal” (adapted) people. A positive idea of asylum was replaced with segregation...

During the second world war, a number of British doctors started the Therapeutic Community movement in the UK, in many ways returning to the ideas of Tuke and Pinel. They observed that transforming the environment of the “mentally ill” would also dramatically change their condition. A number of similar movements spread through Europe and the US giving rise to a new understanding of mental illness, sometimes even contesting the term illness itself, and often attempting treatment without medication.

Alongside the growing therapeutic community movement and the humanization of services another dominant trend was rising: the “technologisation” of interventions based on value­free science. Whilst not the aim of that trend, it often dehumanized relationships. There is an implicit tension between “being-­with” (humanistic values) and “doing-­to” (technical expertise).

A “doing-­to” stance has often been rooted in psychiatric manuals like DSM or ICD which suggest the existence of objective states which are value­free and where concepts such as “autistic” or “schizophrenic” entered daily discourse and gained legitimacy. Increasingly we find ourselves in a “quick fix” culture dominated by a technical­-rationality model of science, a change nicely termed by some authors the “McDonaldization of society”.

How can Being and Doing co­exist in the service of patients and families? The relational paradigm and the scientific postmodern era arose at the same time that positivism and empiricism are growing. There are disparate movements of integration and sectarianism; important differences between affective and cognitive neuroscience; large gaps between theory and practice; contradictory evidence for and against “broken-­brain” models. Is it possible for science to go back to “the ordinary” and start being human again, acknowledging the impossibility of separating figure from ground?

Neurobiology can be significantly modified through medication and psychotherapy, but also through play and occupational therapy, and by diet and life style. The right weighting of the components of mental health, and the right measures of it, can only be known through secure and trustworthy therapeutic relationships, helping to give meaning to interventions. The establishment of epistemic trust within psychologically enabling relationships is perhaps the only non-controversial ingredient of change, as research and practice consistently confirm. From the 17th to the 25th of October 2016, these themes will be presented, debated and experienced within the Congress and associated events. We invite you to submit your work and to be part of this discussion!

Scientific Committee

JOÃO G. PEREIRA (POR), University of Évora and Romão de Sousa Foundation (Chair)CHRIS EVANS (UK), East London NHS Trust and Nottingham University (Co-Chair)SIMON DU PLOCK (UK), Metanoia Institute, LondonCÉLIA SALES (POR), University of PortoFRANCISCO ORTEGA BEVIÁ (SPA), University of SevilleISAURA MANSO NETO (POR), Portuguese Group Analytic SocietyJOÃO MARQUES TEIXEIRA (POR), University of PortoSOFIA TAVARES (POR), University of Évora and Research Center for Psychology and EducationMARIA JOÃO CARAPETO (POR), University of ÉvoraJOHN GALE (UK), International Network of Democratic Therapeutic Communities and CHTJORGE GONÇALVES (POR), New University of Lisbon and Nova Institute of PhilosophyLUCA MINGARELI (IT), Il Nodo Group and Associazione Rosa dei VentiADELINDA CANDEIAS (POR), University of ÉvoraCONSTANÇA BISCAIA (POR), University of Évora and Portuguese Psychoanalytical Society (SPP)DIMITRIS MOSCHONAS (GR), Open Psychotherapy Center and National Organization for PsychotherapyFARRELL SILVEBERG (USA), IFPE International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education

Organizing Committee

JOÃO G. PEREIRA, University of Évora and Romão de Sousa Foundation (Chair)CÁTIA RIBEIRO ALVES, Romão de Sousa Foundation and SPPCTATIANA GIL FERREIRA, Romão de Sousa Foundation and SPPECHRIS EVANS, East London NHS Trust and Nottingham UniversityJORGE GONÇALVES, New University of Lisbon and Nova Institute of PhilosophyCLÁUDIA PEDRO, Romão de Sousa Foundation (Secretary)ANA RITA NEVES, Romão de Sousa Foundation (Co-Secretary)SARA PREZADO, University of Évora (Co-Secretary)INÊS HIPÓLITO, Doctoral College Mind-Brain, University of LisbonMADALENA SERRA, Espírito Santo Hospital and Romão de Sousa Foundation

The ‘Living-Learning Experience’

Psychotherapy Lectures: Training Course

Transport & Accomodation

Bus

Free Transport

We are pleased to announce that Estremoz City Council (Câmara Municipal) will provide FREE transport from/to Évora and Lisbon.

Lisbon

Departure on the 21st of October at 06.45 a.m. from Marquês de Pombal, stop next to Parque Eduardo VII. Participants must arrive at 6.30 a.m. for departure at 6.45 without delay.Return Journey – departure on the 22nd of October at 7p.m. from the Congress venue.

Évora

Departure on the 21st of October at 7.45 from Colégio do Espírito Santo, Universidade de Évora (main entrance). Participants must arrive at 7.30 for departure at 7.45 without delay.Return Journey – departure on the 22nd of October at 7p.m. from the Congress venue.